Board to Be Cut? by Brad Fay Meetings Will Be More Productive
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Non-Profit U.S. Postage Paid Waterville, ME 04901 *v Permit No. 39 _J Governors consider proposal Board to be cut? by Brad Fay meetings will be more productive. about 40 (former fraternity buildings). The Board of Governors last night "It's very difficult running a meeting The number of governors from off viewed and voted on a package of pro- of 50 people...It 's tougher for people campus will remain at two or be reduc- posals for the streamlining of student t o speak up...it 's too formal. " In ad- ed to one. government at Colby. The most signifi- dition to governors, Board of Gover- According to Lovejoy Commons cant of the proposals was the reduction nors meetings are attended by Stu-A P resident Mike Heel , the proposals of hall governors on the Board of executives , commons presidents, com- were not as radical as they m ight have Governors from 34 to 13 or 14. mons coordinators , and the director of been beca use the committee felt the Each part of the proposal , which student activities. system should be kept as intact as was approved by the Student Govern- The second proposal is to give the possible to give it more of a chance. ment Evaluation Committee chaired by four Commons Councils responsibili- At the committee 's Tuesday after- Cici Bevin , would require a two-thirds ty for determining their own member- noon meeting, tw o other proposals vote by the Board of Governors to be ship. In addition to the three governors were voted down, but according to. made referendum questions for the representing the council on the Board , Heel , a member of the committee , the April 8 Stu-A elections. For any con- each council would consist of several Board of Governors had the oppor- stit utional amendment to take effect , tfore governors who served on the tunity to overrule those decisions last two-thirds of the students would need ftuncil alone. night. to approve it , with at least one-quarter flBpne of the problems Claytor said he The first proposal voted down was of the student body voting. Bees will be improved is unequal to make the job of all-college Finance " I?think the proposal is excellent ," representation. Currently, some gover- Chairperson an appointed rather than Stu-A President Tom Claytor said. He nors represent as-many as 99 students believes that with fewer governors (H eights), while others represent only GOVERNORS Page 5 Alcohol rules won't change by Mary fMcNear states which will raise their drinking or become intoxicated , and then return In anticipation of the Maine drink- age this year because of the new federal to Maine. ing age rising to 21 , the Colby ad- government law which will deprive Thus, in order to discourage people ministration does not' anticipate mak- states which do not raise their drink- from crossing state lines in order to i ng any changes in-its alcohol policy, ing age to 21 of five percent of their purchase or drink liquor , the governors at least not right away, according to federal highway funds during the first of all New England states have agreed Dean of the College Earl Smith. year , and even more in succeeding to work together for a new, cohesive Smith said the college will keep both years. d r i nki n g age, which Davis hopes will Women the caterer 's liquor license and the Davis attributes the imminent be in effect by hig h school graduation , 's Basketball Coach Gene DeLorenzo presents com- memorative jersey to Spa's liquor license. change not only to the federal law, but this year. Therese Langlois in a ceremony which It seems likely that a bill , which has also to the fact that recent studies show retired her number after four years of outstanding play for Col- not yet been submitted to the state that although people in the 18 to 21 age by. Story page 10. _ cho photo by Tina Zabriskie legislature by the governor's of fice, will bracket account for only 10 percent of take effect sometime in 1 985, accor- license holders , they are involved in 21 ding to Robert Davis, special assistant percent of all alcohol related driving Diplomats debate Latin America to Governor Joseph Brennan. accidents and fatalities. According to Davis, for those peo- "Obviously, " Davis commented , - by Dave Scannell ported by many Latin and South Cuban influence in the region was real. ple who turn 20 before June 1 , the date "we're concerned about the dispropor- United States intervention in Central American countries which would ex- He .called Nicaragua's Sandanista which the governor 's office op- tionate number of accidents that this America was the topic of a debate bet- clude all foreign military powers from government an "imperialistic opera- timistically sets for the enactment of age group is involved in while under the ween Robert White, United States Am- the region. tion " which "hasn't hesitated to export this bill , there will most likely be what influence of alcohol ." bassador to El Salvador under Jimmy According to White , the United terrorists [to El Salvador]. " He said, is known as a "grandfather clause. " Carter , and Kenneth Bleakley, a State States "supported Contadora " until "When Cubans walk in with San- In other words,, those who turned 20 The governor 's office is also con- Department representative who Nicaragua also stated its support for dinistas [to Contadora talks], there's before June 1 would still be allowed to cerned about the fact that currently , formerly served in El Salvador. the proposal. He asked if . it was not in no question where the power lies." drink legally even after the new drink- people who are not of legal drinking Discussion at the beginning of the the " national security interest of the In response to the change that ing age is 21. age in Maine arc able to drive to Ver- debate centered around the "Con- United States to exclude the Soviets Cubans exert a great deal of influence, Maine is one of several New England mont where the age is 18 , buy alcohol tadora Process "—a proposal sup- and Cuba," from Central America. White stated that the Reagan ad- "If it was," White wondered , "why ministration and "Field Marshall" doesn 't Ronald Reagan move to-ward Weinberger "need to stop seeing Com- assuring national security throug h the munist Russian and Cuban phan- 'Blue light' br ightens Colby contadora process?" toms. " White quoted a Central by Angela Piscitello tion and the drink was an instant success. Accorking "I am no great admirer of the American diplomat who said that the . Potent.' Blue. Unique, Fruity. Innovative. Creative. to Beaudoin , who describes The Blue Light as a "frui- Nicaraguan revolution or the flow of arms from Nicaragua to El Sensational. The Colby Cocktail. The Blue Light. It 's ty cocktail ," the "beauty of the drink is that Nicaraguan government , " said Salvador was a "trickle. " the talk of the campus. everything is versatile its ingredients can be ad- White ," but it is thc only one which He also cited the Boland amendment Rumors of the mysterious Blue Light , Colby's new justed lo taste. " has unequivocally stated its acceptance which states that "no government cocktail , have been passing by word of mouth around However, Donate claims that while people like the of the Contadora treaty. " funds can be used to overthrow the campus. Everyone everywhere is talking about it. taste, there has been one noticeable drawback to the Bleakley, however, contended thai government of Nicaragua," according Damn Donate and John Beaudoin , thc Blue Light 's cocktail: After only one drink your tongue turns blue. The United States still supported the to White, "This is precisely what is i nventors , have.answercd the cry that has come from Then there's a progression until you wind up with blue Contador treaty. "Of course wc sup- happening, " he said. thc Colby student body: "We need a school cocktail!" teeth and blue lips, " He also noted that the morning port Contadora ," he said. Bleakley concluded , however , that After all every college or university in the Ivy League after everything looks green , but that it is nothing a White also criticized an apparent DEBATE Page 5 has its own official drink: There's the Harvard Cooler , good brushing cannot take care of. change in United States policy in Cen- the Brown Cocktail , and the Princeton , just to name tral America that President Reagan a few. On February 14, 1985, after quite a bit of trial- Since the time of the Colby Cocktail Party, several alluded to in a news conference last f > and-error, Colby not only deserved a school drink , Blue Light parties have been , appearing around cam- Thursday evening. According to but had one too. pus. It seems to be a sensation that is catching on and White, the President stated that United Inside: The Blue Light first achieved its fame though the being passed around campus. Beaudoin and Doniito States policy is " not- to interdict MSGS community, Colby 's computer users' message would like to sec the popularity of the drink spread , shipments of material [i.e. weapons system . Donnto, inspired by Colby s conlinued quest and arc hoping to pass the recipe along to Sellers from Soviet powers], but to remove •Gravity stone ' ^ and |>aRC 3 for image improvement , sent a message to the com- Thc Court House. • it. " puter "hackers " asking for suggestions about an of- Unfortunately, the Bind Light cannot be declared "The United States intention is ob- •Pickering breaks ficial Colby drink.